Longtime Batesville banker Renee Long has returned to Citizens Bank as senior vice president of consumer lending, according to Phil Baldwin, bank president and CEO. Long began her career in banking more than 36 years ago at Citizens Bank and has been a consumer lending …

On Jan. 27, Old Independence Regional Museum will be offering the first in its series of senior programs for 2015. Humanities educator Amanda Nikkel will lead a short program about Mardi Gras traditions. Afterward, museum volunteer Frances Mathis will lead participants in creating bead art …

ASH FLAT — Sharp County Historical Society will have its winter quarterly meeting at 2 p.m. Sunday in the Community Room of First National Banking Company in Ash Flat. Dr. Blake Perkins will be the guest speaker. Perkins is assistant professor of history at Williams …

Approximately 75 people came together Sunday to honor a man who, despite winning hundreds of awards, simply wanted to be remembered for how he had helped others. The 2015 Keepers of the Dream service for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was held at Bethel AME …

MELBOURNE — A Calico Rock woman who has been in jail since last October for child-sex crimes now faces additional charges, according to a report from Izard County Sheriff Tate Lawrence. Beth Dickerson, 32, was charged Jan. 16 with another sexual assault in the fourth …

Shawnee McAfee was caught red-handed. The 39-year-old Sidney woman was wearing the jewelry reported stolen earlier in the day after Independence County sheriff’s officers stopped her and questioned her about taking a purse from the Almost New store on Water Street Monday. When the officer …

Batesville Daily Guard readers now have one more perk — easy access to the latest bills being considered by Arkansas House and Senate. Through LobbyUp, an easy bill-tracking system, readers will have the ability to browse the latest Arkansas bills, look up legislators and read …

MELBOURNE — A strange vehicle in her driveway is what led one Izard County woman to call police — and ended with the occupants’ arrest for drugs and a gun. According to a report from Izard County Sheriff Tate Lawrence, deputies were dispatched the night …

MELBOURNE — A former employee of the Eagles club in Horseshoe Bend has been arrested yet again for harassment, according to Izard County Sheriff Tate Lawrence. Blake Lawrence, 31, of Norfolk was arrested Jan. 12 for six counts of harassing communications as well as first-degree …

The 2015 trap season schedule has been set at the Independence County Shooting Sports Complex, according to range manager Jody Hewitt. “We are very excited about everything we have planned for the 2015 shooting season,” Hewitt said recently. “We’re going to have more tournaments and …

Melbourne High MELBOURNE — The students listed below made the honor roll for the second nine weeks of the 2014-15 school year at Melbourne High School, according to a news release: Seventh: all A’s — Alex Bray, Justin Cain, Isaac Coleman, Ashton Cowan, John Gardner, …